Phone Comparison - LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Asus Google Nexus 7 Cellular vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Asus Samsung
Announced October 2012 October 2012 March 2013
Status Available - November 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410
GPU Adreno 320, 400 MHz ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX 544MP3
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 7.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.18% 59.45% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 1.2 MP front facing 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Video-calling Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps Yes, 384 kbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 4325 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 390 hours (3G) Up to 300 h Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 8 h Up to 17 h